Medication Errors Paper Dorothy Pasowisty Pharmacology 2 Angela Falconer Practical Nursing Program June 30th‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................3 Summaries of Journal Articles.........................................................................................................3 The Definition of a Medication Error....................................
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Placing Fault: A Look at Determining Who is to Blame for Lily Moya’s Downfall in Not Either an Experimental Doll The Separate Worlds of Three South African Women In today’s Western culture‚ it is hard to imagine a world without education. Adults and children alike view education as a common practice that is essential to everyday life. For Lily Moya‚ this is not the case. In Not Either an Experimental Doll‚ edited by Shula Marks‚ letters of correspondence reveal a relationship between Dr. Mabel
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deals with uncertainty reduction theory from its origin to date. Ever since uncertainty reduction theory was first created‚ many researchers have examined it by comparing it with other theories. Uncertainty reduction theory had been tested across different cultures in order to confirm its generalizability. It had also been applied to real life situations to examine how individuals interact in their initial encounters with strangers. In addition‚ researchers suggested testing uncertainty reduction
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Define environmental uncertainty and resource dependence. Describe the major ways in which managers can deal with high environmental uncertainty and resource dependence. A good answer would base the analysis of environmental uncertainty on Duncan’s approach‚ which characterises uncertainty in the stable-unstable and simple-complex dimensions. It should identify buffering‚ boundary spanning‚ organisational differentiation and integration as responses to growing uncertainties. As to management of
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Explain errors of omission and errors of commission. Ans - == Errors of commission == An error of commission occurs when you record an incorrect value in posting. Such errors include original entry errors‚ transposition errors‚ calculation errors and reversal of entries. An original entry error occurs when an incorrect figure is recorded and posted. A prime instance of this is the ten-key error‚ where you accidentally hit the number above the correct key. For example‚ if you enter 7‚ instead
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1. Senge‚ P. 1996. “Leading Learning Organizations: The Bold‚ the Powerful‚ and the Invisible.” In F. Hesselbein‚ et al.‚ The Leader of the Future. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. MIT Leadership Center 2. Weick‚ K. 1995. Sensemaking in Organizations. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 3. Sutcliffe‚ K.‚ and K. Weick. 2002. “Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity.” European Management Journal‚ 20‚ pp. 709-710. Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty
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employees effectively‚ three points needed to be aware: 1. Amount of effort: The more employees are motivated‚ the more effort they will put in work. 2. Company goals: Have a clear goal. If the employees’ efforts are not directed towards the goals‚ the company cannot benefit from their motivation to work. 3. Employees’ needs: Provide something employee needed in order to motivate them. Three elements: energy‚ direction‚ persistence 1. Energy: High levels of effort 2. Direction: Benefit the
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Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY OVERVIEW OF NURSES RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION Providing care for the patient is the responsibility of nurses. Nurses are the one who are close with patients. They are responsible and accountable to make sure that the treatments and needs of patient are fulfilled. Medication administration is a part of the nurses’ responsibility in order to make sure clients get the correct medication as supposed. Medication administration
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Medical Error: What the Public Should Know “For all of its strengths‚ our health care system still is plagued by avoidable errors.” -President Bill Clinton The issue of medical error is recognized as a very serious U.S. healthcare concern in terms of avoidable patient death and injury‚ achieving efficacious treatment‚ and in controlling the costs. The prevention of medical errors may seem to be a relatively simple task and with recent awareness‚ some improvements have been accomplished.
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Bookwork/Fieldwork: Entry 3 1. Citation: Hellriegel‚ D. and Slocum‚ J.‚ W. (2011). Organizational Behavior (13th ed.‚ pp. 105-125). Mason‚ OH: South-Western. The Idea: Hellriegel and Slocum (2011)‚ discuss the importance of perception and attribution and the impact it has on a leader‚ an employee‚ and the organization as a whole. The text elaborates on the perceptual process‚ external and internal factors that influence perception‚ person perception‚ perceptual errors‚ and attributions that
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